3.7v lamp for E2E & E2D

[AtomSphere]

wouldn't it be gre8 if pila came out with an 3.7v lamp for e2e series? everyone can use pila rechargeables in it while keeping the original brezel!
i understand there are adapters for e2e series to use a p60 lamp.. but it'll spoil the looks...

 

[turbodog]

chop made an adapter that I'm using to run a stinger/strion bulb in my e2e and it works great

 

[AtomSphere]

but u using rechargeables with it?

 

[Topper]

Seems like awhile back someone (TIN??maybe) was turning down a P61 to fit the E2E? If so then perhaps someone could turn down the Pila 3.7 to fit I am just guessing.
Topper /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[turbodog]

Yes I am using rechargeables with it. I can't tell it from a regular e2e beam.

In my opion, it would be a huge waste of time to turn down a pila lamp. The lamp is as expensive as a surefire lamp, and then you've got to go through the trouble of turning it down.

The adapter can be made fairly easily and it's a permanent solution. You could even run 2 r123 cells and an appropriate bulb. Carley has a wide selection that fit the standard stinger/strion socket.

Here is the adapter with a strion bulb in it.

Plug and play easy.

Great beam.

 

[AtomSphere]

that a 3.7v lamp u got there turbodog?

 

[RH]

Do you know if Chop is making these for sale?

 

[turbodog]

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turbodog said:

Here is the adapter with a strion bulb in it.



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Maybe a strion??? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

Streamlight's strion is a li-ion powered light that uses a 3.7v bulb. The stinger bulb will also work, but is slightly yellow.

 

[turbodog]

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RH said:
Do you know if Chop is making these for sale?

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I don't think he stocks them, but I am guessing that he would make some.

 

[TonyBPD]

I would definitely be in for one of those.

 

[Chop]

Hey guys,

The Pila LA can't be turned down. It's all one unit, unlike the P60/61 LA, wherein the reflector portion can be removed leaving an MN03 type base.

The adapter was kind of easy to make. I used a burned out MN LA, drilled out the center portion and epoxied a bi-pin socket in the center of it. IIRC, CM had to help me out with the contacts because you can't solder to them, not easily anyway. We use copper tape to solder to. After all of the experimenting, I'd imagine that one could be assembled in about an hour.

PLEASE don't ask me to do it. My plate is already full with KL mods and Aleph builds.

This is just a suggestion, but I sent the "pill" to turbodog to see if he could do anything with it, with one of the current bulbs that was out. There just wasn't a good bulb out that could be readily had and I wan't doing business with Carley back then. Perhaps Turbodog could take better pics of the "pill" from all angles to give you guys a better "road map" to making your own. Although I have a better equipped shop than most, I didn't use any specialized tooling to make the "pill." It can be made with pretty common tools.

Good luck guys.

 

[turbodog]

The stinger bulb works well, but the strion is a whiter.

I've got some e1e bulbs on the way and might sacrifice one to the cause. What I need is the socket.

 

[udaman]

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turbodog said:
Yes I am using rechargeables with it. I can't tell it from a regular e2e beam.

In my opion, it would be a huge waste of time to turn down a pila lamp. The lamp is as expensive as a surefire lamp, and then you've got to go through the trouble of turning it down.

The adapter can be made fairly easily and it's a permanent solution. You could even run 2 r123 cells and an appropriate bulb. Carley has a wide selection that fit the standard stinger/strion socket.

Here is the adapter with a strion bulb in it.

*sucky-out-of-focus /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif image disabled by udaman in quote:)*[*image]http://home.jam.rr.com/turbodoggie/e2%20series%20strion%20adapter.jpg[/image]

Plug and play easy.

Great beam.

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Ah Turbodog, we think alike (unlike them power crazy, Ginseng & js guys). 2 r123's can almost just hit 2a discharge correct? Woohoo, the Carley 1499 is T1.5 sized bi-pin of 7.2v 1.84a, with outstanding efficiency for 385lumens output! yeah baby, twice the output of the standard M*gChr, in an E2e form factor...let's do it! Hmm, how hot would an E2e get with a 13.2w bulb burning inside, regular epoxy would probably burn up? Hehe, it would be the poorman's Mini-me version of the standard SF M6 /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif. Voltage sag under such a load, would probably mean an underdriven yellow, rather than white, output /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif

I'm supposed to pickup a few 1499's from Carley tomorrow /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif Along with some $1.10ea lensed 888's, which aren't much greater in output over the Strion bulb, but allegedly have insane efficiency, 91lumens for only 2.5watts running at the same 3.6v as the Strion--- might even be brighter/whiter than the Strion?.

Err, I did not understand the part with using copper tape? What contacts are difficult to solder, and why?

 

[AtomSphere]

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udaman said:
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turbodog said:
Yes I am using rechargeables with it. I can't tell it from a regular e2e beam.

In my opion, it would be a huge waste of time to turn down a pila lamp. The lamp is as expensive as a surefire lamp, and then you've got to go through the trouble of turning it down.

The adapter can be made fairly easily and it's a permanent solution. You could even run 2 r123 cells and an appropriate bulb. Carley has a wide selection that fit the standard stinger/strion socket.

Here is the adapter with a strion bulb in it.

*sucky-out-of-focus /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif image disabled by udaman in quote:)*[*image]http://home.jam.rr.com/turbodoggie/e2%20series%20strion%20adapter.jpg[/image]

Plug and play easy.

Great beam.

[/ QUOTE ]

Ah Turbodog, we think alike (unlike them power crazy, Ginseng & js guys). 2 r123's can almost just hit 2a discharge correct? Woohoo, the Carley 1499 is T1.5 sized bi-pin of 7.2v 1.84a, with outstanding efficiency for 385lumens output! yeah baby, twice the output of the standard M*gChr, in an E2e form factor...let's do it! Hmm, how hot would an E2e get with a 13.2w bulb burning inside, regular epoxy would probably burn up? Hehe, it would be the poorman's Mini-me version of the standard SF M6 /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif. Voltage sag under such a load, would probably mean an underdriven yellow, rather than white, output /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif

I'm supposed to pickup a few 1499's from Carley tomorrow /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif Along with some $1.10ea lensed 888's, which aren't much greater in output over the Strion bulb, but allegedly have insane efficiency, 91lumens for only 2.5watts running at the same 3.6v as the Strion--- might even be brighter/whiter than the Strion?.

Err, I did not understand the part with using copper tape? What contacts are difficult to solder, and why?

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the e2e series is very hot when left on while stationary it will be very uncomfortable to hold at 25min constant on... but its still ok when u on patrol. The cool air removes the heat quite well

 

[leukos]

I'll throw in my hat for interest in these bulbs if anyone wants to make them. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[AtomSphere]

i m intrested too..

 

[leukos]

I emailed fivemega about doing a group buy for an "E" series lamp assembly that could accept bi-pin bulbs such as the SL Strion bulb (for use with Pila 168s). He wants to know if there is enough interest to do a run of them. Here's what he wrote:

leukos,
There is possibility of making such a thing if there are enough interest. It will cost a lot to make only 30 or 40 of them.

Fivemega


Any interest? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif

 

[mossyoak]

i might be interested if the price is right

 

[stein]

I'd be in for one.

 

[RH]

Depends on price